Chapter 1482 – Violence Is Everywhere.
What would Dre do in a situation like this?
When I saw the father strangling his son, who was in a comma after a mysterious accident, I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t say anything.
On the other hand, Havelor was staring at Rius with a very calm and weak expression.
“I heard that the warrior took care of my unreasonable request. The referees were very attentive.”
“No…”
Continuing the conversation in this situation?
While I was sighing in bewilderment, an excited Luca shouted again.
“What are you doing to Hayen!”
“I tried to kill the ugly guy.”
A voice so confident that the two boys forgot what they were saying for a moment.
It was only when Rius glared at him that Havelor took his hand off Hayen’s neck.
There was silence.
After a while, Luca finally spoke.
“Hayen is definitely not an ugly kid.”
“Why do you think that? Is there any basis?”
Rius gulped.
He swallowed.
Even though he is committing ridiculous acts, he is proud as if justice is his.
The youthful age and dignity on his face reminded me of the word ‘tycoon.’
Although Luca was overwhelmed by the atmosphere, he opened his mouth to defend his dear and respected friend.
“I tried to improve the violence that no one could touch…”
“In the end, I couldn’t handle it and made a big deal out of it.”
“Oh, no…”
“If the mindset is great, does that mean the results can be bad?”
Luca groaned and then shouted.
“How many children have been helped by Hayen!!”
“Aren’t those kids experiencing violence now?”
Luca has become completely mute again.
Hayen repeatedly extended a helping hand to children who were subjected to violence by her foster children.
However, the violence still continues.
It cannot be denied that Hayen has not been able to eradicate her violence.
But. Nevertheless.
Why should the righteous boy, who was the only one to lend a helping hand in the vast sea of despair where no one helped him and no one could ask for help, have to listen to such insults?
Luca gave in to her emotions and cried out.
“You are Luca’s father!! Why do you disparage your son like that? How good of a man is he?!”
“In the end, are you swayed by emotions? Without logic, it’s just unsightly.”
Havelor looked at Rius again as if he was not worth dealing with anymore.
However, Luca’s shouting is not over yet.
“In the first place!! Hayen has become like this, so why is she just watching? If you step forward, isn’t she capable of doing anything, even if she is from a prestigious noble family?”
Havel Orr did not answer the question.
He still only stared at Rius.
“The warrior of the Church of Judgment. Does Gwangyeom know about this?”
Why are you talking about Dre all of a sudden?
Rius answered even though he was embarrassed.
“Maybe.”
“Is that so…”
A glance. Havel Or, looking at his son, lowered his head.
“I am truly sorry for the inconvenience caused to my child. I will definitely repay you later.”
Havel Or raised his head and walked out of his hospital room as if his business was over.
It was so fast that there was no time to catch the bird.
“… I’m crazy.”
Luca gritted his teeth.
“They said he was a human rights activist with strong beliefs and for the sake of people, but in the end he turned out to be a dirty adult…”
“No. Why on earth are you doing that?”
Mutilate your own comatose son and strangle him? Rius couldn’t understand it at all.
Luca thought for a moment and said.
“Maybe it’s because of the chairman’s position.”
“Chairman?”
“Yes. Do you know what democracy is?”
“Uh…”
What was it? It was a word I felt like I had heard before.
“It is a system that gives voting rights not only to nobles but also to ordinary citizens. In the past, this was a story heard far and wide, but now I have heard that there are several countries that have chosen a democratic system even in fairly proximity.”
Come to think of it, did you say that the reason why Havel Orr is so influential is because of the support of those countries?
But what does that have to do with this story? Luca continued speaking at Rius’ puzzled look.
“Not long ago, the Demon Lord of War and other demons invaded and people were very anxious, right? Meanwhile, the rich and nobles were busy feeding themselves.”
It is natural that public sentiment worsens.
To appease the crowd, each country, led by superpowers such as the Sruta and Zuhingorker empires, held various events and benefits.
Among them, there was one event that people were very interested in: electing a chairperson who represents the citizens.
“The chairman is the head of an integrated organization where countries that do not belong to one country are united. He can exercise authority over the countries in the union, and his authority is so powerful that even nobles can formally investigate. The chairman is the head of an integrated organization where countries that do not belong to one country are united. Select it.”
“Huh? Then shouldn’t we instead praise Hayen?”
Shouldn’t we gain the support of the public by standing up for our son, who stands up against school violence committed by those in power?
“You’re naive, Rius. Do you think citizens will be able to naturally exercise their right to vote just because they are given the right to vote?”
Even if the concept of voting is unfamiliar, I know the concept of majority voting.
Even at the national level, it is easy to learn about voting rights through daily advertisements.
However, citizens who have lived under the pressure of the nobility for a long time have no choice but to look at the nobility.
“They say anonymity is guaranteed for shooting, but can you trust that?”
Ordinary people have seen all kinds of dirty things so far.
After voting is over. Who knows whether the nobles, seeing results they did not want, will bear revenge and harass the citizens?
There is a possibility that the chosen chairman is just a straw man.
No matter how many safety measures the empires and other powerful countries create, anxiety remains. Smart nobles amplify the anxiety by planting demagogues.
Citizens were not ready to accept the new freedom of voting.
“Everyone will know that Hayen’s incident involves the actions of noble families. If a big name like Havel Orr makes a move, the incident will rise to the surface. Will there be nobles who know that the cause is important? To be precise, the Grants. The families of.”
Havel Or is so big that it’s hard to mess with him, but if he tries to reveal his secrets, Grant’s family will join forces to fight back.
“Habel Or. That human is a nuisance.”
It is very tiring to respond to all kinds of checks and slander from the great aristocratic group while being busy concentrating on the election.
‘But does that mean you’re going to kill your son?’
Rius thought there was something incoherent, but Luca was so excited that he just kept his mouth shut.
Luca continued to huff and puff.
“They pretended to be clean. I’m really disappointed. I heard that the captured demons are quite dead, so they must have killed them on purpose to sell the magic stones.”
Magic stone.
Apparently, it was a rare stone that sometimes remains when a demon with powerful demonic energy dies, allowing one to use some of the demon’s abilities.
“Hayen. Don’t worry.”
Luca held Hayen’s hand tightly as she lay on the hospital bed.
“Even if we are not your father, we will definitely resolve your injustice.”
“Damn.”
On the way back after visiting the hospital. As soon as he came out the front door, Rius noticed a group hiding in the distance and spoke without realizing it.
‘Why are they here?’
I wear a school uniform, but anyone can see that I’m a badass. The delinquent students. In other words, the scoundrels are hiding in obscurity.
Some of the faces looked familiar.
They were the ones who got into a fight with Rius in class the other day and ended up getting beaten up and kicked out.
Perhaps because he thought he wouldn’t be noticed because he was quite far away, he looked in this direction through the telescope, or more specifically, at Luca next to Rius, and clicked his tongue.
Rius developed his hearing through energy.
Amid all the noise, the voices of the gangsters caught my ear.
“Mr.”
“Let’s go back.”
These guys are rushing somewhere, spitting or kicking the wall for no reason.
When Rius looked to the side, Luca’s complexion had turned slightly pale. He also seemed to have discovered the gangsters.
Luca said she would be in trouble if she went to the hospital on her own.
Rius was convinced by those words, but at the same time, he wondered if it could be so. I had this thought.
‘I never thought it would come.’
If Luca had come to the hospital alone without Rius, what would they have tried to do?
Would they have dropped Luca like Hayen?
Anger soared.
All the scenes of violence he had seen over the past week appeared in his mind.
How can you hurt someone so easily?
Do you treat human life like an insect?
It reminded me of the nobles I saw when I was young.
I also thought of a person from my hometown who was stoned for stepping on a nobleman’s foot.
Suddenly. I also remembered the anxiety I felt because I was afraid that Dre would disappoint me, and the disdain I felt from my aides.
All of that came together to create great anger.
“Luca. Go back first.”
“Uh, huh?”
“Aide. Please take good care of Luca.”
The assistant officer, who would normally have said something, nodded with a sour expression on his face, saying nothing, probably because he had heard something from Hors earlier.
Ta-ta-ta-tat!!
Rius quickly ran in the direction where the gangsters had disappeared, quickly spotted them and silenced his footsteps.
“Those saennim keep increasing the number of expensive items.”
“Does that mean it sells for that much?” “Why do they do it to those idiots when they can just order it from us? Tsk.”
The gangsters, who were grumbling about something, headed to the city center and entered a restaurant.
‘Let’s fight when we leave the restaurant.’
I didn’t want to cause a nuisance to the restaurant for no reason.
Rius watched the gangsters through the window at the corner of the alley a little away from the restaurant.
The gangsters continued to order food while laughing and chatting.
The restaurant staff were busy running around with smiles on their faces.
But the laughter did not last long.
The gangsters had no hesitation in ordering dishes that looked expensive, but it seemed that students who did not seem to be nobles would be able to pay for such dishes.
From Rius’ perspective, the restaurant staff, who meet the truth relatively often, will feel this way even more.
As I watched, a man who appeared to be the restaurant owner moved the dishes himself.
The restaurant owner hesitated and then approached the man who appeared to be the leader.
‘It’s dangerous.’
Rius tried to understand the situation by blowing energy into his ears, but the restaurant was so noisy that it seemed difficult to hear certain conversations.
‘There is a better way… Ah. There is.’
Rius recalled the trick he had learned from Dre and strengthened it by focusing Ryunar on his ears and applying it as if he were using energy.
Although it was vague, I could hear the gangsters’ conversation.
“Sir, please excuse me.”
“Hang?”
The bully rolled his eyes as if asking what was going on.
Even though he was an adult in Elunar at that age, there was still a school rule that said students at Marghurt Academy were not allowed to drink alcohol, but he looked very drunk, as if he didn’t care about that at all.
“I’m really sorry, but do you have any money?”
“What? Are you treating me like a beggar now?”
Although he was treated informally by a guy much younger than him, the restaurant owner spoke with a professional smile.
“Oh, of course that’s not true. Sometimes, there are people who say they eat their stomach after eating.”
“I have money, so bring me more alcohol.”
“Yes. I will get it right away. But before that, I want you to show me the money…”
Clink!!
“Gagging!!”
A restaurant owner fell to the ground after being hit on the head by a liquor bottle.
“This fucking bastard has a bad taste in alcohol… Hey!! Step on it!!”
As soon as the signal was given, the gangsters stood up all at once and stomped on the restaurant owner.
The female employees screamed.
Two male employees ran to stop him, but it was too much trouble. The two people were soon stepped on along with the restaurant owner.
Citizens sitting in the restaurant froze at the sudden violence.
“Someone calls the guards!!”
“Please help me!!”
At the shouts of the female employees, the gangsters walked towards them with a wry smile.
“Guards? Call them for fuck’s sake. Those bastards are under us.”
“This bitch’s ass is fresh?”
At that moment, the leader Yangachi stopped him.
“Hey, leave it alone. It’s time for the guests to arrive soon.”
The gangsters stopped their hands while licking their lips with regret.
As they left the restaurant, they spat at the fallen restaurant member.
“I’m going to eat well, boss!! Now! Here’s the balance!!”
One drunk guy with a red face giggled, pulled down his pants and said, He collapsed and urinated on the groaning restaurant people.
“Uh, uhm…”
“Ugh…”
The people in the restaurant were shaking.
The gangsters who saw that scene burst into laughter.
Rius clenched his fists.
I want to invade right now. I endured it.
I won’t hit you in front of others.
If there are many eyes, you won’t be able to do anything too bad.
‘I will break it.’
Don’t do anything like that again. One limb will be broken.
I was going to beat him up and end it, but I changed my mind.
We will handle it in a quiet place so as not to cause any inconvenience to Dre.
The gangsters left the restaurant and walked somewhere else.
Rius followed quietly.
“Hey. “Hear, hear.” “We’re meeting in a dark place.” “What do you think? “Money is money.”
The place they entered was a narrow alley.
Rius wondered if he was being lured. He thought it didn’t matter and just went ahead.
The gangsters were squatting here and there, giggling and talking about the story from earlier.
“I saw the boss cover his face while getting wet with my urine… Huh?”
“What is that guy?”
“Aren’t you a customer?”
“For a moment?! That’s the crazy guy!!”
The gangsters who discovered Rius immediately recognized his face and were shocked. At that time, Rius’ fist was already flying.
Pow! Puck! Wow!!
The sound of a dull fist rang out from the alley.
The gangsters resisted by swearing at first, but quickly lost their will to fight as their colleagues easily left and started screaming.
‘What kind of bastards…’
The gangsters of the Dog District that existed in Sers were people who were prepared to kill people. These guys didn’t have anything like that.
Literally a bully.
Sigh! Pow! Puck! Puck!
“Ugh…”
“S-stop…”
“Hehe…”
The gangsters trembled with fear.
Rius wrapped his head in his arms and grabbed the collar of the leader, who was curled up like a baby.
“Damn it!! What on earth are you!!”
How can you be so servile just because you were beaten a little by someone who trampled on the weak as they pleased?
“Hey, let go of this!!”
The leader, the bully, struggled and then stumbled! The clothes that were held by the collar were torn.
Between the torn clothes. The small pouch fell to the floor.
“…”
Rius had a bad feeling.
Just as I was about to reach into my pocket. The gangsters ran in all at once, shouting “Waagh!!”.
‘Weren’t you scared?’
Rius looked puzzled and then widened his eyes.
The guys were still scared.
But it’s not about Rius. Even worse than that, it was fear of something.
Tak!
While the gangsters were blocking Rius, the leader gangster grabbed the bag and ran away.
“Stand there!!”
Beep! Beep!
It’s a whistle sound. The guards are coming.
Soon, the guards in charge of public security showed up and ran away. They surrounded Rius and his men and aimed their spears at them.
“Don’t move!”
Rius was about to talk about the leader who ran away but stopped.
Because, what they were looking at was not the gangster but only Rius.
‘These people. ‘You came because of me, not these guys?’
It seemed like someone had figured out that Rius was tracking down the gangsters and had given an order to the guards.
It was obvious who gave the order.
‘Grant children. They are good-looking noblemen.’
Rius’ eyes burned.
A suspicion reared its head in his mind.
That pocket from earlier.
Is it perhaps a drug?
